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Indicating destination: in the direction of, and arriving at.

Example: "We are walking to the shop."

Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

Example: "He devoted himself to education."

Used to indicate result of action.

Example: "His face was beaten to a pulp."

Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.

Example: "To everyone's great relief, the tuneless carol singers finally ceased their warbling."

Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

Example: "Similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., i was nice to him, he was cruel to her, i am used to walking."

Denotes the end of a range.

Example: "It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications."

As a.

Example: "With god to friend (with god as a friend);   with the devil to fiend (with the devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   took her to wife (took her as a wife);   was sold to slave (was sold as a slave)."

Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.

Example: "I have ten dollars to your four."

Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

Example: "Three squared or three to the second power is nine."

(time) preceding.

Example: "Ten to ten = 9:50; we're going to leave at ten to (the hour)."

Used to describe what something consists of or contains.

Example: "Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it."

At.

Example: "Stay where you're to and i'll come find you, b'y."